Season series (2011-12)The Islanders went 1-3-0 against the Bruins last season, but 1-1-0 on the road. In the teams' last matchup, the Islanders came back from deficits on two separate occasions, but were outscored 4-1 in the third period as the Bruins skated to a 6-3 victory. Kyle Okposo scored fot the Islanders, and John Tavares and Matt Moulson each recorded two assists in the loss.

Bruins player to watchMilan Lucic - Left Wing
The Bruins left wing has two goals through three games so far this season, and is coming off back-to-back 25-goal, 60-point seasons. Selected in the second round (50th overall) of the 2006 NHL Draft, the 24-year-old Lucic has racked up over 120 penalty minutes each of the last two seasons, and is a threat to score on the power play, lighting the lamp 12 times since 2010-11.

Islanders Storylines
•Thursday's game marks the back-end of the Islanders first back-to-back set this season. The Islanders will play seven back-to-back sets this year.
•LW Michael Grabner (6g/3a) is on a five-game point streak, dating back to the final two games of last season. Grabner leads the team with five points (3g/2a) through three games.•With two helpers in Thursday's 7-4 win over Toronto, C John Tavares has back-to-back two assist games.•C Keith Aucoin is 24-for-34 (70.6%) in the faceoff circle in his first three games as an Islander.

Quote of the Day“For me it's about playing the way we have to play and we didn't do that in the first period. We turned pucks over and we didn't have any discipline in our decision making. We talked to this group early on and said that they have to take some ownership in this room as players. Most of them have been here for a couple of years and the second and third periods exemplified the way we need to play.”